Bible: Genesis 22:15-20

22:15The Lord’sangelcalledtoAbrahama secondtime fromheaven22:16and said, “‘I solemnly swearby my own name,’1 decrees the Lord,2 ‘that becauseyou havedonethisand have notwithheldyour son, your only son,22:17I will indeedblessyou,3 and I will greatly multiply4your descendants5so that they will be as countless as the starsin the skyor the grains of sandonthe seashore. Your descendantswill take possession6of the strongholds7of their enemies.22:18Becauseyou haveobeyedme,8allthe nationsof the earthwill pronounceblessingson one another9 using the name of your descendants.’”

22:19Then Abrahamreturnedtohis servants, and they set outtogether10for Beer Shebawhere Abrahamstayed.11